From ghost bowling to Halloween family feud and even the classics like Halloween charades, this collection of Halloween games is the ultimate guide to planning spooktacularly fun activities for your next Halloween party!
Our family has been creating fun and original Halloween games for the past 12 years – all tested by our family and friends to make sure they’re actually fun and actually work for you!
I’ve been a class room mom every year my boys are in school, been in charge of planning activities for teens at church for at least ten years, and planned more Halloween parties than I can count – I know how important games are to a Halloween party!
And these are the best Halloween games out there! There’s a reason this post has over 3 million views already – there’s something for everyone. Halloween games for kids, teens, and adults – you name it and I guarantee you’ll find ideas for your Halloween celebration!
Active Halloween Party Games
If you’re looking for Halloween games that’ll get your guests up and moving (and laughing), these are your best bet.
1 – Ghostbusters Halloween Punch Game
Make a ghost punch board with cups, tissue paper, and rubber bands! Have players bust through the ghosts by shooting Nerf guns (or just punch them out) to win their prizes! Get all the instructions for this Halloween punch game!
Make it for teens or adults by having them stand further back or making them answer Halloween questions to get a chance to shoot!
2 – Don’t Lose your Head
This one, inspired by my favorite song from the musical Six, is a Halloween version of my most super viral candy cane games! Give everyone who is playing a skeleton hand (get them at Dollar Tree) and a small skull that fits into the hand. Have everyone hold their skeleton hand with one hand and place the other hand behind their back. When you say go, they have to try to knock off other player’s skulls without losing their own head.
3 – Ghost Bowling (aka Skulling)
Use these instructions to make a DIY ghost bowling game for just a few dollars then let kids (or adults) bowl with skulls in a game I like to call skulling!
4 – Bone to Pick
Make a DIY spinner with just a bone, some cardboard, and a straw! Then play one of the three different games that go along with this fun bone to pick Halloween game – all that have players spinning to try and get a treat, not a trick!
5 – Monster March
This monster march Halloween game is perfect for teens and adults! Everyone gets assigned a character and a color (great for groups because you can play with up to 36 people) and they march forward as their character gets rolled to win prizes but watch out because you could lose it all!
6 – Pumpkin Pong
Setup pumpkin buckets and let people bounce ping pong balls into them to win prizes! This is always a hit with any age!
7 – Witch’s Brew
Make a witch’s brew with gross food like noodles and cottage cheese and players have to race to find things in it, while blindfolded! Get all the instructions plus ten other hilarious Halloween group games in our tournament of terror post!
8 – Pumpkin Roll
Have players roll pumpkins to win prizes! Wherever the pumpkin lands – that’s the prize they win! Get all of the rules for this pumpkin roll game.
9 – Halloween Jeopardy
If you want a Halloween version of a classic, try this Halloween Jeopardy game. There are over 120 different Halloween questions for teens and adults plus instructions for making your own board!
10 – Oogie Boogie Wheel of Fun
This hilarious press your luck style wheel of fun game is inspired by Oogie Boogie from Nightmare Before Christmas and will have players spinning the wheel to win prizes or lose it all! Play this with some Oogie Boogie donuts as a treat for a fun Halloween movie night!
11 – Tournament of Terror Halloween Games
Break into teams for a tournament of terror (or Halloween Olympics) with all sorts of Halloween games like racing to rebuild skeletons, a bone stick relay, digging through a witch’s brew, making witch potions and more! Get all the tournament of terror game ideas.
12 – Witch Hat Ring Toss
Add prizes to each of the bases of the ring toss, have players stand where you want (kids closer and adults further away), and let them toss. If they ring a witch’s hat, they win a prize! You can see this game in action in this viral TikTok video! You can either order this game online or pick up witch hat chip containers like I did at Dollar Tree to make your game!
13 – Halloween Family Feud
A Halloween version of the popular game show Family Feud – teams compete to see if they can guess which answers are the most popular to win points. Get the printables, an already created PowerPoint template, and the Halloween family feud game.
14 – I’ll Be Watching You
Give everyone three cups or buckets and eyeball ping pong balls. Then on three, have players try to bounce their balls into other people’s buckets. When they make one, that bucket gets turned over. When all three buckets get turned over, that people is out. The last person with empty buckets wins!
15 – Spider Tic Tac Toe
Setup a tic-tac-toe board using tape then give two players different color plastic spiders (or spider rings). Then have two players take turns sliding spiders into spots on the board to try and get tic-tac-toe! If a spider gets knocked out, the spider that knocked out gets the spot!
16 – Pumpkin Plinko
Tape large cups or pumpkins to the end of the table with prizes inside (or associated with them). Then setup a bunch of orange plastic cups on a table and raise one end of the table slightly so it’s on an incline! Give players ping pong balls or Halloween bouncy balls and let them drop the balls down the table, hopefully into the cups below to win prizes!
17 – Ghoulish Recall
This Halloween memory game includes a version for kids, teens, and adults! Everyone looks at a Halloween image on the screen (PowerPoint is included) and studies it for a few minutes. Then they get asked a series of questions about it – trying to recall as much as possible to win points! This one works great for middle school and high school classrooms because it comes with a downloadable PowerPoint!
18 – Build A Skeleton
Race to see which team can rebuild a skeleton first, making sure to get all of the pieces in exactly the right place! Get full instructions for this fun Halloween game for teens to see how much fun it is!
19 – Quik Draw!
This is another super fun Halloween game that would be perfect for any age but kids will really enjoy it! This Halloween pictionary type game will have players trying to guess who a character is based on clues then trying to draw them quickly and well!
20 – Wind Up Race
Grab some Halloween wind up toys and have a race to see whose wind up toy can cross the finish line first!
21- Choose the Candy
Set out a bunch of pieces of candy, some with stickers on the bottom. When you say go, everyone has to grab a piece of candy. If they get a sticker, they win the candy. If not, try again!
22 – Halloween Guess the Gross Food Game
Who can figure out what the real food is their eating first – not bat wings but beef jerky! A race to be the first to eat and name foods, this Halloween gross food game is great for adults, teens, and if you do the candy version – kids!
23 – Trick or Treat Cup Game
Place treats under some cups and tricks (aka challenges) under others and if they get a treat, they keep it. If they get a trick, they have to do the trick then get back in line! You can see this game in action in this viral video!
24 – Roll Up Your Reward
Tape prizes (or you could do some prizes and duds) to the end of caution tape and hang it over a table.
To play, someone has to either answer a Halloween trivia question or complete a Halloween challenge of some other kind. If they complete it or answer the question correctly, they get to choose a piece of tape to roll up and win whatever is on the other end. It’s like a Halloween version of the classic fishing game!
25 – Halloween Charades or Reverse Charades
Play traditional charades, reverse charades (one of our favorite party games for adults) or any of these other Halloween charades words!
26 – Fear Factor (entire team)
Put out a plate of food that the team must eat without using their hands. If you’re doing an adult game night, you can do things that might be tougher and grosser to eat (tofu, blue cheese, octopus, etc.). For kids try a plate full of Halloween themed goodies (cup of dirt, gummy worms, gummy brains, peeled grapes for eyeballs, etc.).
27 – Gravedigger
Freeze plastic spider rings in one of these silicone coffin cake baking things, one for each person playing. Give each person a spoon and a frozen graveyard. When you say go, they have to dig through the ice to get the ring out. First person to get the ring out wins!
28 – Danger Zone
Tape danger zone tape across the table and give teams a handful of Halloween Oreos. Teams have to slide the Oreos across the table and get them to land inside of the different danger zones to win.
29 – Red Eye
Place plastic eyeballs (ping-pong balls with eyeballs on them) on top of Red Solo cups then have players try to toss paper airplanes at the eyeballs to knock them off. First team to knock all three off wins. This one is loads of fun for any age!
30 – Pumpkin Sliding
Hang plastic pumpkins, cauldrons, and other Halloweenish containers from the edge of a table. Teams have to slide candy pumpkins across the table and get them to land in the containers to win prizes!
31 – Halloween Group Text Scavenger Hunt
Put together a group text, send out an item, and see who can find it first in this fun spin on a traditional Halloween scavenger hunt! Plus a fun group text scavenger hunt version where the host can actually play – like Halloween tag!
32 – Face the Cookie
Players have to put a cookie on their forehead and using only their face muscles (no hands!), get the cookie from their forehead into their mouth. First one to get the cookie wins – this is a classic minute to win it game that’s perfect for Halloween with Halloween Oreos!
33 – Zombie Race
This game is played in teams of four and is just hilarious to watch! Everyone gets assigned some sort of zombie trait – blindfolded, legs tied together, etc. and then teams have to hold onto one another and run through an obstacle course! You can get all the details about this zombie race in our tournament of terror games!
34 – Dicey Words
In this fun word and dice game, players have to race dice with letters to be the first to roll a Halloween word with dice! It’s simple, inexpensive, and a lot of fun for any age!
35 – Spooky Story Game
This spooky story game will have players writing silly stories as fast as they can using random Halloween words! And when the timer runs out, they have to switch and add on to the next person’s story! This one is perfect for classrooms, youth groups, and more!
36 – Apple Stack
See who can stack apples (or mini pumpkins) on top of each other first. This is one of our favorite fall party games and can easily be adapted for Halloween!
37 – Dead Weight
Fill up three balloons per person and put some sort of light weight items in them (feather, cereal, etc) that will weigh them down a bit. To play, players have to keep all three balloons in the air. Person who keeps them up the longest wins.
38 – Digging in the Dirt
Fill up buckets with either Cocoa pebbles or Oreo crumbs to look like dirt (like I did in my graveyard cake!) then bury little spider rings or some other Halloween trinket inside of it. When you say go, players have to race to dig through their bucket of “dirt” using just a spoon in their mouth to find the hidden surprise inside. The first person to find it wins!
Printable Halloween Games
If you want something simple that you can just print and play (great for class parties or adult parties), here are a bunch of our favorites that we’ve created over the years!
39 – Halloween Truth or Scare
Print out these 100+ Halloween inspired Halloween truth or dare questions for a fun activity to play with kids through adults! It’s a one of those old favorites with a fun Halloween twist!
40 – Halloween Scavenger Hunt
Print out this free Halloween scavenger hunt and set up clues around the house with a pumpkin full of treats or little prizes at the end!
41 – Halloween Bingo
My son’s school always has a big bingo game at their Halloween carnival and these Halloween bingo cards would make a great option for the classic game but with a Halloween twist!
Or if you want something a bit simpler, this Halloween monster bingo is perfect for younger kids!
42 – Would You Rather
Play Halloween would you rather by asking everyone silly Halloween themed would you rather questions! You can either just ask and answer or make it a game by having players choose a side of the room to run to with their answers!
43 – Roll A Jack O Lantern
See who can roll the face for a jack o lantern first in this fun free printable game! Get the free printable and instructions here. You could also play with these cards, some stickers, and a small pumpkin as well!
44 – Halloween Name that Tune
See who can come up with the real name of these spooky songs in this free printable Halloween song game. Or play real name that tune where people have to guess the song first when it plays with songs from our Halloween party playlist.
45 – Halloween Decorations Hunt
Go on a family hunt to find different types of Halloween decorations throughout your neighborhood with this Halloween neighborhood scavenger hunt!
46 – Halloween Trivia
Ask Halloween trivia questions for an easy and fun Halloween game! Split into teams and have a spooky trivia competition or ask questions and whoever answers it the fastest wins a prize!
47 – Halloween Movie Monster Match
See how many movies you can match to their original monsters in these Halloween movie games! This one goes way back so most likely only adults are going to know the answers but you could totally play with teens too if they’ve seen a lot of movies. There are three different ways to play – all very fun!
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48 – Halloween Word Search
Print out this fun Halloween word search for some simple old-fashioned Halloween fun! Or turn it into a game and do word search relays where kids have to race down, find one word, then race back to their team and the next person finds the next word. Keep going until one team has found all the words!
49 – Pumpkin Hunt
See who can find all of the hidden pumpkins first in this pumpkin hunt or upgrade the game for teens and adults and make it a race to find any pumpkin to win a prize!
Halloween Games for Kids
Kids will love many of the games I’ve already mentioned but if you’re looking for Halloween games that are specifically designed for kids, these are all a lot of fun!
50- Mummy Wrap
Have two team members work together to wrap up one of the team members like a mummy in toilet paper. Whoever is “the mummy” must be completely wrapped (other than face). You can either play this minute to win it game style or just do it as a stand alone game!
51 – Black Cat Bucket Toss
Setup buckets with prizes and have kids toss bean bags or in our case stuffed black cats into the buckets! Whichever bucket they toss it into, they win the prize out of that bucket! !
52 – Trick or Treat Tree
Place either a trick or a treat inside small plastic pumpkins and hang them on a tree. Let kids (or seniors) pick out a one of the mini pumpkins from a tree and open up what’s inside. If they get a treat, they eat the treat. If they get a trick, they do the trick! Get full instructions and printable tricks here.
53 – Tarantula Toss
Spread spiderwebs
(the white stretchy kind) in a space (doorway, corner of the room, etc.). Have players stand behind a line and toss little plastic spiders at the spider web until they can get three spiders stuck in the web.
54 – Shoot the Skeleton
Hang fake skeletons on a board and let kids shoot them with slime to win a prize. Full DIY instructions and rules for the game from Brandy’s Happy Home here. If you like DIY Halloween party games, this one’s for you!
55 – Spider Launch
Using just popsicle sticks, plastic spiders, and plastic cups – see who can launch spiders into a web or a bucket. Full instructions and DIY directions for making the launchers from Frugal Fun 4 Boys here. You could even make this as one of your Halloween crafts first then play!
56 – Guess & Feel Mystery Bags
See who can figure out what’s inside these Halloween inspired mystery bags by just reaching in and touching the contents. Get great ideas for stuffing the bag from Edventures with Kids here.
57 – Ghost Stack
Stack up ghost cups like these ones and have kids try to knock them down by shooting Nerf guns from 10 feet away. Give out small toys for the knocking them all down! Get more fun ghost games from Organize Your Stuff Now.
58 – Spider Races
Give kids a straw and a plastic spider and have them see who can get their spider across the finish line first just by blowing the spider!
59 – Pumpkin Toss
Give kids candy pumpkins and have them toss them into plastic cauldrons to see who can get the most points. Full instructions from Playground Parkbench.
60 – Poke a Pumpkin
Similar to this gratitude game, create a punch board that looks like a pumpkin with tricks and treats inside! Get full instructions on how to make a poke a pumpkin from Project Denneler here.
61 – An Eyeball in a Haystack
Kids have to search for candy eyeballs in a stack of hay. Get full instructions and more harvest party ideas from Meaningful Mama here.
62 – Full Size Pumpkin Memory
This is a simplified version of pumpkin memory here but make it a little more challenging for seniors by adding in various types of Halloween characters such as bats, cats, and witches! Add this to your other outdoor Halloween crafts as a low key option.
63 – Candy Bar Game
It’s not Halloween without candy and this fun candy bar game will have kids rolling to win candy bars and hopefully not get them stolen by other players! This was one of my favorite birthday party games ever growing up, and we still play regularly with our boys!
More Halloween Activities
If this isn’t a big enough list for you and you’re still looking for more fun Halloween party ideas, you could use any of these Halloween printables as Halloween activities!
- Halloween color by number pages – a huge set of free printable coloring pages perfect for kids!
- Fall scavenger hunt – while it may not be specific Halloween, this fall scavenger hunt would work to double as a Halloween party game!
- Halloween coloring pages – a bunch of free printable Halloween inspired coloring sheets!
- Halloween i-spy – see how many of the hidden objects you can find this fun activity!
- Pumpkin worksheets – mazes, puzzles, and more are all in this set of printable pumpkin worksheets!
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